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oilcloth
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oilcloth, originally, cloth treated with oil or other substances so as to be waterproof and used for fishermen's and sailors' wear, for coach robes and covers, and later as a floor covering, called floorcloth. Subsequently it was made of heavy canvas, jute, or burlap, sized with glue, and coated with a thick oil paint, several coats being used and successively rubbed down with pumice stone. It was machine printed, dried in a drying room, varnished, and rolled. Linoleum linoleum , resilient floor or wall covering made of burlap, canvas, or felt, surfaced with a composition of wood flour, oxidized linseed oil, gums or other ingredients, and coloring matter. An English rubber manufacturer, Frederick Walton, patented linoleum in 1863.
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 and various kinds of vinyl products have superseded oilcloth as a floor covering. A variety of oilcloth fabrics is now produced for wall, table, and shelf coverings, for raincoats, and for many small wares.
oilcloth
waterproof material made by treating one side of a cotton fabric with a drying oil, or a synthetic resin

oilcloth [′ȯil‚klȯth]
(textiles)
A fabric coated with a mixture of oil and clay, used as a waterproof covering.
A floor covering made of a heavy fabric treated with oil paint.


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Throughout the synthetic period Picasso and Braque would experiment sporadically by incorporating real inanimate objects, such as actual pieces of oilcloths, newspaper print, or postage stamps onto the canvas.
There will be wide range of French produce for sale including cakes, oilcloths, goats cheeses, crepes, garlic, Breton biscuits and baguettes whisked through the Channel Tunnel earlier that day.
Instead, they rely on color-coded scores that are inscribed on long oilcloths and rolled over a podium placed in front of the group.
 
 
 
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